ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,417, issued on June 23, was assigned to SMA Solar Technology AG (Niestetal, Germany).

"Device and method for the voltage equalization of a plurality of two-terminal networks, and DC power distribution system" was invented by Burkard Muller (Kassel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to a device for voltage equalization of a plurality of two-terminal networks. The device includes a current-limiting component, and connection pairs, each having a first connection and a second connection for connecting the two-terminal networks. Two or more of the first connections are each connected to an input. In additio...